(a) Certification required. A person who is employed by a department district and holds the job title of environmental specialist must successfully complete a certification process under this section.
(b) Timing. A person must successfully complete the certification process within one year after the date that the person begins employment in a district.
(c) Recertification. To maintain certification under this section, a person must document that the person has attended a minimum number of hours of continuing education related to the preparation and review of environmental reports, environmental review documents, and documentation of categorical exclusions during the previous two years. The Environmental Affairs Division will set the minimum number of hours of continuing education required to be completed in each two-year period.

Source Note: The provisions of this §2.11 adopted to be effective April 16, 2012, 37 TexReg 1727; amended to be effective April 16, 2014, 39 TexReg 2941; amended to be effective July 20, 2016, 41 TexReg 5234